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UNITED STATES JOHN w. FISHER, OE NEW PILIILADELEHIA,y OHIO, AssIeNOR PATENTY OFFICE.

OF ONE-HALF y To HENRY B. lFISI-IEE, OE SAME PLAGE.

sPEcIFIoATIoN arming para of Letters Patent No; 634,81 e, dated cacher 1o,` ieee. Application filed, March 30, 1898.` Serial No. 676,704. (No modeld To all wtoml zit may con/cern:

Be it known that I, JOHN WV. FISHER, of New Philadelphia, in the county of Tuscarawas and State of Ohio', have invented a new' and Improved Vashing-Machine, of which the following is scription. Y

This invention is a washing-machine of that class in which a reservoir is provided with a corrugated interior surface and contains a rubber which swings over the bottom of ,the reservoir to Wash the clothes.

a full, clear, and exact de- Thisspeciticaton is the disclosure of one, form of my invention, while the claims deli ne j 3. Fig. 3 is a sectional view onthe line 3 3 of Fig. 1 5 and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary elevation of the invention, showing particularly the outlet pipe thereof.

The reservoir or body of the machine is formed of .galvanized sheet-iron and embodies vertical smooth sides 5 of semicircnlar form joined to a curved and corrugated bottom 6. The sides and bottom are held at theirupper edges by a rigid rectangular frame formed of side bars 7 and end bars S, the side bars projecting beyond the end bars to form handles whereby the machine may be manipulated. Each end bar 8 has one vend ofthe bottom 6 clamped against it by an interior clampingcleat 9, which cleat forms a part of the rigid frame aforesaid. Joined rigidly to the middle lower portion of each side bar 7 are two downwardly-diverging legs 10, said connection being elected by suitable fastening devices or housings 11. The four legs 10 are connected in transverse pairs by rods, (designated 12 and 13., respectively,)

which'pass through the respective legsand beneath the bottom 6, the rods being held rigidly to the .bottom by means of casings 14, formed on said bottom, two of such casings being provided for each rod.

The reservoir is provided with an outlet for discharging its liquid contents, which, as

shown in Figs. 3 and 4, has a Valve commanding it. The valve comprises a casing 15, with adischarge-nozzle 16, directed downward and having a valve-stem 17, around which a spring 5 5 18 is arranged to press the valve normally in place. The stem 17 is connected with a handle-bar 19, by which the ste1n'17 may be drawn out to unseat the valve and open the discharge. The adjacent end of the tie-rod 13 6o` is extended beyond the respective leg 10 and has the free portion of the handle-bar 19 rested thereon. This projected end of the ftie-rod 13 is provided with a shoulder 20 '(shown in Fig. 4) to be engaged .by the han- 65 dle-bar 19, whereby to hold the handle-bar voutward and keep the valve nnseated, for

the purposes ot' which engagement the handle-bar 19 is provided with a Wear-plate 2l.

n The rear side bar 7 is provided adjacent to 7o each end with an eye 22. These eyes respectively hold hooks 23, fast-on the rear corners` of the box-cover 24. The front of the box-cover 24 is provided with a springlatch 25, which coacts with astnd 26, secured to the front side bar 7 of the frame. By these means the box-cover is mounted to swing on the frame as though hinged; but

- byl disconnecting the hooks 23 from the eyes 22 the cover may be removed from the body 8o of the machine, as will be understood.

The end walls of the cover 24 bear on thev respective clam ping-cleats 9, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to effect a tight joint and an effective closure. on the side bars 7 of the framefora like purpose. The cover is capable of being thrown back to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, so that access may be had to the interior of the reservoir. the cover in such dotted position, the cover is provided at its rear side with a pivotallymounted rod 27, the outward movement of which is limited by the downturn'ed end 2S of a plate 29, secured to the rear of the cover, as shown in Fig. The right-hand end of the bottom- G is extended outward over the .right-hand end bar S of the frame and is supported on a wedge-shaped block 80, which extends between the right-hand ends of the side roo bars 7 of the frame and is supported thereon.

Bearing down on this extension of the bottom The side walls of the cover 24 bear 8 5 i In order to support 9ov (i is a rail 3l with a notched lower edge. The rail 3l is held rigidly on the extension of the bottom lby means of U-bolts 32,which pass astride of the right-hand ends of the side bar 7. The rail 31 serves also to hold the block 30 in place. This arrangement causes all of the water splashed ont of the reservoir to be drained back into the reservoir and also provides a ledge on lwhich soap and other articles may be placed. The rail 3l, held by U- bolts, is also intended for attaching a clotheswringer thereto used in wringing the suds out of the clothes as they are removed from the tub. In addition to these functions the structure serves to brace and render rigid the frame. The frame is further braced by tie-rods 33, which run, respectively, through the end bars S and are engaged withthe side bars 7.

A rubber is mounted to swingin the body or reservoir and is constructed of heads 34, provided each with a rigidly-attached bar 46, joined rigidly by cross-bars 35 and having curved lower edges whereto triangular cleats 36 are fastened, which cleats form the corrugated working surface ofthe rubber. The heads 34 are also braced by additional crossbars 37, located at their ends. The handle 3S of the rubber is attached toA the middle portions of the bars 35 and passes up vertically through a slot 39 in the top ofthe cover 24. The upper end ot the handle is provided with a cross-arm 40, by which to operate it. The rubber is hung from the inner side walls of the cover 24lby means of four links arranged in two pairs, being designated, respectively, 4I and 42. The links 4l swing on iiXed pivots 43, and the links 42 are provided with slots 44, receiving, respectively, pivots 45, attached to the cover.

One link 42 and one link 41 are on each side of the machine, and the links at each side are pivoted at their lower ends to each other and to the upper ends of the respective bars 46.V The bars 46 are attached rigidly to the end portions of the e'ross'bars 35 and project up slightly above the rubber. it may swing back and forth on a constant pivot or sor that it rmay move vertically in addition to its swinging. Vhen the cover is to be raised to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, the rubber is drawn up into the cover, as the dotted lines show, so that the rubber may clear the body portion of the device in the movement out of the same. The upward movement of the rubber is permitted by the slots 44 in the links 42.

This mounts the rubber s0 thatV Having thus described my invention, I.

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. In a washing-machine, the combination of a body portion, a cover mounted on the body portion, links pivotally connected with. the cover, and a rubber pivotally connected with the links, a number of the links being slotted to permit the rubber to be swung on a pivot, or to be moved up and down.

2. A washing-machine having a body portion provided with two side bars, a rail running between the side bars at one end of the body portion, U-bolts straddling the rail and straddling theV adjacent side bars lto hold the rail firmly in place, and a block supported on the side bars and having the rail bearing down thereon, whereby to hold the block in place.

JOHN IV. FISHER.

Vitnesses:

W. H. EVANS, WM. WILcoX, Louis WELTER. 

